Barbara Corcoran says the “biggest negotiation of her entire life” came from pure luck. The millionaire investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank” recently took to TikTok to dish about selling The Corcoran Group, a real estate firm she founded at age 23. Nearly three decades later, she flipped it to brokerage firm NRT for $66 million.
Some consider April 5 equal pay day for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women, marking the point into the new year that the average AAPI woman has to work to make the same pay white men earned in 2022. In other words, an AAPI woman has to work 15 months to earn what
Republicans in the House of Representatives are holding the federal government’s ability to pay its bills hostage to enact draconian cuts to a wide range of programs related to health care, science, housing and food security. The U.S. Treasury Department now warns that the federal government may be unable to pay all of its bills
The numbers are eye-opening. 288 arrests. 117 firearms. 850 kilograms of drugs. $53.4 million in cash and virtual currencies. That was the impact of Operation SpecTor, a coordinated international effort targeting fentanyl and opioid trafficking on the dark web, or darknet. Dark Web The dark web lives up to its name—it describes internet sites that
While builders struggle to bring new housing online, the rest of the country’s housing stock is aging. Of the approximately 124 million housing units, the ABC Collaborative counts more than 21 million single family homes that were built before 1980 that need a retrofit, spurring a huge new industry focused on energy improvements. Energy retrofits
Zeynepkaya | E+ | Getty Images It’s an especially expensive time for people with credit card debt, and the pain will likely only worsen with another expected interest rate hike coming from the Federal Reserve this week. Interest charges on credit cards tend to move with the Fed’s benchmark rate. The current national average rate
The IRS announced that Florida storm victims have until Aug. 15, 2023, to file federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as a result of tornadoes, severe storms and flooding
Although much of the news surrounding name, image and likeness focuses on one-off deals with national brands and lots of zeroes, the lasting impact of NIL will be how it changes a student athlete’s career beyond sport. After successfully running a program with BYU student athletes last year, Keller Williams is now expanding its unique
Demonstrators carry signs during a screenwriter’s strike in New York City on May 2, 2023. – Leonardo Munoz | AFP | Getty Images Hollywood writers are officially headed to the picket line, halting production on a slate of film and television projects in the process. More than 11,000 film and television writers, who say their
In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford Mustang on display at the NY Auto Show, April 6, 2023. Scott Mlyn | CNBC DETROIT — Ford Motor is set to report its first-quarter earnings after the bell Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, according to Refinitiv consensus estimates: Adjusted earnings per
Maskot | Digitalvision | Getty Images The job market is still hot but is clearly slowing from the scorching levels seen during much of the past two years, according to labor experts. Job openings and voluntary worker departures (or, quits) declined in March, while the layoff rate increased, according to data issued Tuesday by the
A pedestrian wearing a face masks crosses an empty street amid the coronavirus outbreak in San Francisco, California. Liu Guanguan | China News Service via Getty Images New York and California lost over $90 billion in income during Covid as taxpayers moved to other states, accelerating the trend of high-earners relocating to lower-tax areas. New
Jose Luis Pelaez | Iconica | Getty Images Saving for retirement often comes with an upfront tax break when funneling money into pretax accounts. But it’s also critical to manage taxes on future withdrawals, experts say. If you don’t need the money, you may delay taking funds from retirement plans until your mandatory yearly withdrawals,
Experts predict the Federal Reserve likely will approve a quarter-percentage-point interest rate increase this week. This 0.25 percentage point hike will mark the 10th time the Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate over the past year or so, the fastest pace of tightening since the early 1980s. Consumers are now paying more to borrow while still
Nikki Haley, a Republican candidate for president, recently stated on Fox News that “…if you vote for Joe Biden, you really are counting on a President Harris because the idea that he would make it until 86 years old is not something that I think is likely.” While that might make a catchy political sound
The observation that “Water is life,” attributed to UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Audrey Hepburn, expresses its importance to human survival. We need clean water to drink and to wash our hands to deter germ spread. But water can also enhance our health as part of our home environments, and is an increasingly popular architectural feature for
In this article PFE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pharmaceutical Pfizer Inc. said that an oral drug for treating COVID-19 could be available by end of 2021. Soumyabrata Roy | NurPhoto | Getty Images Pfizer on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings that topped Wall Street’s expectations, despite a decline in sales driven
Workers are seen inside of a First Republic Bank office on May 01, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s assertion that recent turmoil in the banking sector was effectively ended by the resolution of First Republic may be premature, one analyst suggested. The Wall Street giant
In this article JPM FRC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, left, and ranking member Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., arrive for the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing discussing recent bank failures, April 27, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Lawmakers who sit
In this article FANG ANET MGM SYK NXPI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A monitor displays Arista Networks Inc. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours